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Hong Kong high-rise fire death toll reaches 36 as 279 residents remain uncontactable

Authorities continue search operations at government housing estate as families wait for news from temporary shelters

By Alex Thompson

/ 26 Nov 2025

Hong Kong high-rise fire death toll reaches 36 as 279 residents remain uncontactable

Umerov questioned as witness in $100m Energoatom probe—the real test is Ukraine's institutions

Ukraine's top security official testified in the country's largest wartime corruption case, putting Kyiv's anti-graft framework under scrutiny as peace talks loom.

By Elena Kowalski

/ 26 Nov 2025

Umerov questioned as witness in $100m Energoatom probe—the real test is Ukraine's institutions

Israeli forces entrench in Tubas as West Bank campaign shifts to sustained control

Helicopter-backed operation marks latest evolution in months-long northern West Bank offensive, with troops commandeering homes and establishing multi-day positions across Palestinian city

By Layla Hassan

/ 26 Nov 2025

Israeli forces entrench in Tubas as West Bank campaign shifts to sustained control

South Africa opens criminal probe into alleged Russia-Ukraine war recruitment scheme

Hawks investigate MK party MP after sister alleges 17 men were trafficked to Russian mercenary units under false pretenses

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 26 Nov 2025

South Africa opens criminal probe into alleged Russia-Ukraine war recruitment scheme

Thailand deploys military airlift as record floods kill 33, strand millions

Hat Yai records heaviest rainfall in 300 years; 2.7 million affected across southern provinces as relief operation battles misinformation and rising waters

By Alex Thompson

/ 26 Nov 2025

Thailand deploys military airlift as record floods kill 33, strand millions

Institutions or armadas: Can Machado's $1.7 trillion bet survive a militarized endgame? (🎧)

A sweeping privatization-and-reform plan promises to triple GDP and transform Venezuela from criminal hub to energy powerhouse. But U.S. warships, armed groups, and a gutted rule of law may decide the country's future first.

By Diego Martinez

/ 25 Nov 2025

Institutions or armadas: Can Machado's $1.7 trillion bet survive a militarized endgame? (🎧)

Romania confronts deepest Russian drone breach as NATO pilots weigh shoot-down

Two scrambles in ninety minutes test alliance escalation management on the Danube frontier

By Elena Kowalski

/ 25 Nov 2025

Romania confronts deepest Russian drone breach as NATO pilots weigh shoot-down

Trump plans Maduro call despite designating Venezuelan president as terrorist chief

Washington's dual-track gambit opens direct line to leader it labels head of narco-terrorist network

By Diego Martinez

/ 25 Nov 2025

Trump plans Maduro call despite designating Venezuelan president as terrorist chief

Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing nine children in Khost airstrikes

Afghan authorities allege civilian deaths following Peshawar attack, testing fragile Qatar-brokered ceasefire and exposing sanctuary dispute economics

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 25 Nov 2025

Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing nine children in Khost airstrikes

Trump executive order targets Muslim Brotherhood chapters, testing the line between terror and politics

Washington triggers 75-day review of Lebanese, Egyptian and Jordanian branches amid allegations of Hamas support and rocket attacks

By Layla Hassan

/ 25 Nov 2025

Trump executive order targets Muslim Brotherhood chapters, testing the line between terror and politics

Fourteen killed near Kinshasa as western Congo's land war grinds on

Mobondo gunmen massacred civilians in Nkana amid a three-year Teke–Yaka dispute that has spread across five provinces, testing state protection at the capital's edge

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 24 Nov 2025

Fourteen killed near Kinshasa as western Congo's land war grinds on

Sudan's army chief rejects US truce plan as 'worst yet' amid El Fasher atrocity reports

As the UN declares El Fasher a 'crime scene,' Burhan accuses Quad mediators of bias, leaving civilians trapped between war crimes and diplomatic deadlock.

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 24 Nov 2025

Sudan's army chief rejects US truce plan as 'worst yet' amid El Fasher atrocity reports